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title: "Hitesh Rana - Software Engineer 2 in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Hitesh Rana, SWE-II @Mercari | Distributed Systems | Scalable Backend Services | Cloud & Al-Native Development based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes claude code, codex, and Kimi Code. Explore public work links including github and leetcode."
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# Hitesh Rana on Tal

## Headline

SWE\-II @Mercari \| Distributed Systems \| Scalable Backend Services \| Cloud & Al\-Native Development

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude code

codex

Kimi Code

LiteLLM

OpenRouter

Sourcegraph Cody

## Work experience

Software Engineer 2 at Mercari India, Dec 2025 \- Present · 9 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Software Engineer 2 at Mercari, Inc\., Aug 2025 \- Dec 2025 · 5 mos

Software Engineer 1 at Mercari, Inc\., Oct 2024 \- Sep 2025 · 1 yr

Software Engineer at Mercari, Inc\., Feb 2024 \- Apr 2024 · 3 mos, Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan

Software Engineer at qoohoo, Dec 2022 \- Jan 2023 · 2 mos, India

Software Engineer at SKYWARE, Dec 2021 \- Mar 2022 · 4 mos, New Delhi, Delhi, India

## Education

Bachelor of Technology, Computer Engineering, Maharaja Surajmal Institute Of Technology

## Profile highlights

My proudest non\-work achievement: Distributed job scheduler & Orchestrator on your local infrastructure https://hitesh22rana\.github\.io/chronoverse/

## Public links

- github: https://github\.com/hitesh22rana
- leetcode: https://leetcode\.com/hitesh22rana

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